Area occupied by group and genetic types of soils in Cuba

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Alberto Hernández-Jiménez

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This work presents the area occupied by the different soils of Cuba at the level of Grouping and Genetic Type of soil, according to the 1999 version of the Cuban Soil Classification. The work was carried out taking into account the data from the genetic map planimetry of Cuba´ soils 1: 250,000 and the digital map SOILS 500,000, in which the 1999 soil classification is applied. It is shown that the Siallitic Brown soils are the most extensive (32.9 % of the country) and in that order are followed by Hydromorphic soils (Gleysols) (21.34 %), Histosols (8.27 %) and Vertisols (8.27 %). The soils of the Ferrallitic Group occupy the fifth place with an area of 6,717 km2 (6.21 %).

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Hernández-Jiménez, A. (2021). Area occupied by group and genetic types of soils in Cuba. Cultivos Tropicales, 42(3), e13. Retrieved from https://ediciones.inca.edu.cu/index.php/ediciones/article/view/1607
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